Four Out Of Six French Refineries To Stop Operations As Strikes Escalate
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Four out of France’s six refineries will shut down by Monday, March 20, as strikes escalate after French President Emmanuel Macron pushed through with a controversial pension reform without a vote in Parliament, refinery workers told Argus on Friday. Earlier this week, Macron pushed to pass the reform without a vote in Parliament under a parliamentary clause known as 49:3. The pension reform proposes to raise the retirement age in France by two years to 64. Macron’s move without a parliamentary vote sparked even more protests…
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